How are you guys going to introduce solids?

I read about this new form of introducing solids as opposed to the traditional spoon feeding of purées called Baby Led Weaning. The difference is that u skip the purées and hand baby finger foods and they feed themselves. Now I know this sounds a little counterintuitive but below is a video link of two psychologists from a university in the UK who conducted an experiment as to the benefits, if any, of baby led weaning. Let me know what you guys think.

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With dd we did purees for about a month or 2 (starting at 6 mos) then switched to more soft finger foods. She still got things like sweet potatoes in a mashed form on a spoon. I made all of her food. I plan on doing the same thing with this lo. Dd is a great eater now and loves tomatoes, peppers, carrots, green beans, peas, all fruits. I really think that she's such a healthy eater because we laid a good foundation in the beginning.
On a side note, I really think blw is great. I think it's so important that they learn to follow their instincts as far as what their bodies need early on :)

I'm a little concerned with my LO chocking so im thinking a modified version of BLW of just really soft finger foods like bananas and steamed carrots and sweet potatoes and things like that I saw a video of people feeding pretty crunchy things to their 6 month olds and I don't know if I'd be confident enough to do that

I am currently reading the BLW book and am toying with the idea. I would like to get our drs opinion at our 4 month checkup in March. My DH says I am turning into a hippie, and he watches LO during the day, so I may have him do purées (day) and me BLW (night). C'est la vie.

I do a combination of BLW and home made purées starting at 6-7mos. My ODD refused most purées, textural thing I believe, now at 5 yrs she dislikes 'mushy' things. My YDD loved/s food and had/s a voracious appetite - she'd nurse before dinner, polish of a tray of finger foods and then still pack away a little dish of a purèe! We'll see what this little guy enjoys, I personally enjoy spoon feeding my LO's so hopefully he'll like a couple oz's spoon fed to him too..if not, that's okay.

I love that BLW is becoming more common. There's definitely more than one way to introduce food to our babies! I think it's great that mommas are researching and more are saying to no to the standard of processed rice cereal and jarred foods etc. The more home made real food they get, the healthier they will be.

I did blw with my son - i did not plan on doing it, but he would gag when i got close to him with a spoon and the inly way he eats is if he feeds himself...
You just have to pay attention. Sometimes in the beginning they try to push back out bigger pieces and it looks like they are choking but they arent. Dh freaked out the first time he saw him eating an apple because he did that and ended up spitting up a little. You just cant jump and scare the baby... As long as they are breathing they are fine and they can figure it out ;)